Hat insert



Patented Jan. 38, 1923.

UNITED STTES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HIZER, OF DETROIT, MICBIGAN.

HAT INSERT.

Application filed May 2, 1921. Serial No. 466,068.

This invention relates to means suitable to be inserted between the sweat band and the lower edge of the crown of a hat and adapted to receive and support pins, matches, tooth-picks or other small articles, and its object is to provide a device of this character which can be produced at low cost and which will be most acceptable to the hat wearing public.

This invention consists of a blank of stiff paper, perforated, folded and cemented to constitute a pocket with a set of openings of which one or more are adapted to receive small articles such as pins and tooth-picks and of which one is preferably of proper size to receive the flap of the well known paper match packet.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan of the blank from which the present hat-insert may be folded. Fig.- 2 is a front and Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of thefinished insert with its contents. Fig. a is a perspective of a hat provided with this insert.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The blank 1 from which the hat-insert is formed may be notched at each end of the line 2 along which the blank is to be folded in order that the corners 3 of the finished insert may be rounded, and the blank is formed with perforations l, 5 and 6 which constitute openings after the blank is'folded to permit the insertion of small articles. The edge 7 of the part or flap 8 above the line 2 is brought down and pressed against the band 9 of cement on the lower or main portion 10 to complete the insert.

I have shown a number of tooth-picks 12 extending into the space between the parts 8 and 10 through the opening 6 and a few pins 13 mounted in a strip 14 inserted into this space through the opening 4:, while the flap 15 of a paper match packet 16 is 1nserted through the opening 5. The openings 4: and 6 are preferably quite deep to give ready access to the articles therein, while the opening 0 is relatively narrow to insure a good grip on the flap of the match packet. The lower portion 17 of the part 10 below the band 9 of cement is designed to be inserted between the sweat band 18 and the lower edge of the crown 19 of the hat 20] shown in Fig. 4:.

It is to be understood that any desired printed matter (not shown) may be placed on this insert and that it maybe made of any desired size and proportions and any desired means may be used to secure the two parts of the insert together, or, if desired,

these two parts may remain unconnected except at the line of folding.

I claim I 1. A hat-insert consisting of a folded blank comprising a main portion and a flap, the edge of the flap farthest from the fold being cemented to the main portion, said blank when folded being formed with openings along one edge through which small articles may he slipped into the space between the two parts of the insert.

2. A hat-insert consisting of a folded blank comprising a main portion and a flap,

the edge of the flap farthest from the fold being cemented to the main portion, said blank when folded being formed with openings along one edge through which small articles may be slipped into the space between the two parts of the insert, one of said openings being long and narrow to receive the flap of a paper match packet.

3. A hat-insert consisting of a folded blank comprising a main portion and a flap, the edge of the flap farthest from the fold being cemented to the main portion, said blank when folded being formed with openings along one edge through which small articles may be slipped into the space'between the two parts of the insert, one of said openings being in the main portion of the insert to admit ready access to the articles extending into said opening. g

4. A hat-insert consisting of a folded rectangular blank comprising two parts, one part of the blank being perforated along the hue of folding to constitute openings through which small articles may be slipped into the space between the parts of the insert.

GEORGE w. HIZER. 

